Two Days: Two wall shelves built

Oh man.

It took an ENTIRE weekend,

two phone calls to dad,

another trip to Lowes

(that was unnecessary)

to put up two shelves

that should have taken

half an hour.

30 minutes.

Yep.

It took me longer to figure this s**t out

than to build a DESK!

After a hot bath,

and a glass of bourbon,

I can finally relax a little.

I have a sore neck and back,

but am SO glad its done.

Ignore those holes on the bottom of the top shelf.

I only tried to put it in 3 different times.

Turns out that I do NOT have drywall,

which is why no drywall anchor worked.

Apparently my wall is made of plaster?

My dad figured that out.
Over the phone.

Aren't dad's the best?

My little art corner is slowly shaping up.

My pretty little guy, Jack, loves this desk

so close to the windowsill.

Being a kitty is hard work.

Stay tuned for Strip Ease: Michelle Ward's Crusade

Frustrated!

I'm still working on the re-doing of my room,

and today's main plan was to install

the two wall shelves I bought,

and then clean up and start organizing.

I started that at 2.

It is now 10pm, and I 

DID

NOT

FINISH

ONE

SHELF.

I don't understand!

First, I screwed

the screws in the wall.

Without the backplate that you put the shelf on.

Second, I have these plastic

drywall anchors, similar to these

that I am supposed to affix to the wall.

Ok.

After some time, I managed to screw the 

backplate to the wall with those damn things.

Except, it wasn't flush to the wall...

I had the long part against the wall (horizontally),

and thought maybe I put the screw

in backwards...maybe the horizontal side

goes against the back plate.

So I un-screwed the entire thing,

re-did it.

IT WAS EVEN WORSE.

Still shaky because its not

against the wall,

and because I can't put the damn

screws in straight.

Plus, both times

the shelf leaned forward,

so anything slides off.

I AM SO ANGRY!

I spent ALL day

trying to do ONE of two shelves.

I want them on my wall, dammit!

HELP?

Phase 2 in Room/Studio Makeover

A post in pictures! 

I got sidetracked by another project tonight,

so it looks like Phase 3, the

Decorating and Organizing Phase

must wait until this weekend!

Enjoy :)

This is where my side project emerged.

I realized I needed a new chair, because the one I had

was too short.

I thought a stool would be perfect.

Phase 2 Complete in Room Makeover

Two full evenings later...

my desk is built.

I finished at MIDNIGHT

tonight, after working since 5pm, with

a minor break to watch

So You Think You Can Dance.

I am now just winding down

hours later 

(I can't bear to look at a clock right now)

and it hurts to type because

my fingers are so sore 

from putting in about 10 million

screws.

For not being a handy person

I must say I am VERY proud that I put together

this rather large desk.

I didn't think about assembling it

before I bought it. I just went "looks good!"

lol. 

Looks like maybe I should have thunk ahead.

This probably could have taken

a normal person maybe 3 hours...

and it took me a total of like 11.

Haha!

Pictures will come tomorrow,

and then Phase 3 Begins!

The part where you get to organize

and decorate.

That is my favorite part!

I'm so tired and have be up at work in entirely too few hours.